The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-11-18
OUR POPLAR FO1ES ~
thrrsAsed il valsas. but viii bu
Used % - 80 Years Moro.

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tor ~, psss eIehs yeays Z. v. Boy!s,|
Ioimetlv n The lumber busIneDs - I'M
lisna pojjs. has been engaged II lhb eame'
M N Wcst Tenhessesb, ssya The Iudi.,,
Journal. THAT aecllOK Og she!
va once rich In pbplar loteets.
nom which The great suppIIes 81, sheI
north have within ten yeare been yeken.l
~, shey are nov thimned obt. Il hsteI
been IN The businepa thIrty-pik yeste." heI
said. ssnd during :hat time have gone
from Ind ana 10 other States for supplieeI
81 poplat. once had On agent in|
Boone couhsy. shls State. 10 purchaeel
s,oplar srres. Over 81 10000 wss ebent|
In this way. hut the Indiana forest: have
been exhaussed, and from Our mile sn
fenne1aee ~ are shipping largely so
Boone county and other places ~ !nd''
ana. where 4 few years ago poplar sreee
could Be had for The asking. We once
eoltl certain kinda Of lumber IN Lcfans;
pott Sor aiN per thousand feet. delivered
on the csmal. fds the same kind ~ are
nov getting oloD rer thousamd: Hoko-
mn. Greenfield, Vincehhees Amdotoou
and other townA aud citiea had The Ipm.
her Ae nov ship them hbth, tke oousn q
their flonrs This sh"wA hoW, rapidly
lhe ii,disna forestA have bern nepIeted.
Unte conld buy walnut trese on the
upper Wabash Tor twenty i've cents. but
beiure the supply was fully exhsnsssd
bald $500 per tree. 81 with other ktnde
~ trees snItshle lor liih,ber. The priced
gradually advanced 40 the foreets yer;
thlnned o6l, uh,iI there Was nUthInt IeI'
10 buv, even II the highest figure"
Are there any meane taken Tor con-
tinuing tht forests Of The southS" ~
asked.
mo. every tree cut down Il gone Scf
aver. Our nrm has in West Tennesses
600 acres of poplar sands. Wheii W
6rst went there. IL 1879, We paid 81 *
per acre. The price then advanced 4
IS, then ID tlO aud sn on gradnsilv unti
~ nov pay s25 On thoae 6OUO acre.
, we cut frmn 30 900 0DO 10 40.U OuO0 ter
/ annually. and there Il IL sight about til
) years supply. When lhst u gone III
poplar forests II tiis country will b
\ practically at An end. That lumber u Il
. greater dstii$hd nov than pine. ON &C
! count ~ lie comparative chespness en-
]. durability. Il Il from 81 10 tlU cheape
than The best pine. Y..u can Judge hot
4 rapidly these forrsls are going when 10
(. consider thar The annual output ~ ,poE
: Isr T. 1000. O000 feet. or I'll kinda
8 lnniber slie yfxfIy ouiput is one hu. .'dre
4 thous4ssd hsiiiiun teet. aud 4 d esilmate
\ thpt tiso ewUrcsa oi thie eNorlaouo o0bpl
4 viii hs exhausted n lsss thsa ewehl
/. yesrQ" -
N SthSa what uiII ths buiidsrs do n
u Use iron. stone or brick. o they do
=. Europe: hut the presept RenerAtiDn ~
i 70 on N4iiix lustibef. Amer = Will
,. Shomgis II viii be soid oiily 1t Iuxhrt''
u btites. Since natural "a has come IN
y uss im this state our shipments have 7
/. creased 20 per cent. Where, o In ~
= derson, for Instance. we sold only thr
y or tour carloads oF lumber n : 5Pars q
= past seasUn ~ sold flily. That u : q
is proportion Of the incse ease Of our ~
II moos In Indiana. The poplar f6resie
"A Tennessee have been CENTURIES ttowii'
ID 10 cut them down requltes only : e
Iysars. Attempss have bceu n'ado 70
new them, but the trees for some csu
In do not grow we'll, and will not becot
4. useful for Imnl,er. Trees thoussI
70 years old have been cut down on Q
lands and ] have seSn manv shst we
70 500. 400 and 900 years old. One o. IN
1p Was : ssplimg long before America =
IN discovered, On being aswed Into Iusllt
10 the other dsy, yielded 1000 feet. !
st. growth Of IN OLD tree is hardly percsp
10 Bile. II will not average On incre'
n. from wear 10 wear III circumference NC
sr. than the tixteenth Of On Inch.